Heparan sulfate: A key regulator of embryonic stem cell fate

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 394, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 741-751

  Kraushaar, Daniel C ^a,c   Dalton, Stephen ^b   Wang, Lianchun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b National Heart Lung and Blood Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Embryonic stem cell; Heparan sulfate; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EPIMERASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLYPICAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARINOID; PERLECAN; STAT3 PROTEIN; SYNDECAN; VASCULOTROPIN;

CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE SILENCING; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HEPARINOIDS; HEPARITIN SULFATE; HUMANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 84881539705     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2012-0353     Document Type: Review

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